#ariane tabatabai

[eretzyisrael]

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

The American appeasement of Iran has left many people mystified. They should have been paying more attention.

Twelve days before the October 7 pogrom, Jay Solomon reported on the Semafor site that Ariane Tabatabai, chief of staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defence for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, was part of an “Iran Experts Initiative” created by senior Iranian foreign ministry officials to bolster Tehran’s position on global security issues, particularly its nuclear programme. 

In other words, Tabatabai was an agent of influence for Iran, at the heart of the US government and with the highest level of security clearance.

Semafor and the Iranian opposition group Iran International had obtained a large cache of Iranian government correspondence and emails. These revealed that in 2021 Robert Malley, who was the point man on Iran under both the Obama and Biden administrations until he was removed in June 2023 following a still unexplained “mishandling of classified materials,” had infiltrated Tabatabai into the US State Department to assist him in his negotiations with Iran. 

The day Solomon’s article appeared, 31 US Senators wrote to the Defence Secretary, Lloyd Austin, to express their concern. They wrote: “We find it unconscionable that a senior department official would continue to hold a sensitive position despite her alleged participation in an Iranian government information operation”.  

They noted that in March 2021, shortly after Tabatabai was appointed senior adviser to the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, Iranian dissidents had reported her long history of echoing the Iranian regime’s talking points.

Indeed, that month Adam Kredo reported in the Washington Free Beacon on these dissidents’ shock at Tabatabai’s appointment. They claimed she had parroted the regime’s position in multiple public appearances, and that her father was part of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s inner circle.

In April 2021, several House members requested a review of Tabatabai’s security clearance. In response, the Biden administration dismissed these claims as “smears and slander”.

Even more astonishingly, Tabatabai runs the office overseeing hostage negotiations. Three weeks after the October 7 pogrom, a reporter asked the White House spokesman, John Kirby, whether it was appropriate for Tabatabai to be in such a position given the claims made against her.  Kirby stalled. Tabatabai is still there. 

Online, several commentators (including myself) wrote about this. The mainstream media studiously ignored it.

In the past few days, they’ve ignored another vital revelation. 

[1americanconservative]

We have a national security crisis in the Biden Administration and our Southern Border

Ariane Tabatabai is keeping her role and security clearance as a top Pentagon official despite being named as part of an Iranian influence campaign in leaked emails. https://nypost.com/2023/10/20/pentagon-aide-called-iran-spy-keeps-security-clearance/ An Iranian-born Pentagon official is to keep her top-level security clearance despite being named as part of a covert influence campaign run by Tehran — and being called a “spy” by Republicans.

Ariane Tabatabai appeared to be a willing recruit in the covert influence operation run by Tehran’s Foreign Ministry, according to a trove of leaked files revealed last month by Semafor.

[dertaglichedan]

Biden-Harris Admin Promotes Pentagon Employee Tied to Iranian Influence Network

Ariane Tabatabai, outed as a member of the Iran Experts Initiative, will now lead DoD's 'force and education training'

The Biden-Harris administration has promoted the senior Pentagon employee who was outed as a member of an Iranian government-run influence operation, Politico reported.

Ariane Tabatabai is now a deputy assistant secretary of defense within Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's office, where she will lead its force education and training division. Tabatabai, according to Politico, was offered the promotion last month. She previously served as chief of staff for the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict.

Tabatabai became a public commodity after a 2023 Semafor report outed her as a member of an Iranian government propaganda group known as the Iran Experts Initiative. The affiliation saw Tabatabai report back to Iran’s foreign ministry and communicate with senior officials in the hardline regime.

Tabatabai's promotion comes at a curious time for the Biden-Harris administration. Over the weekend, classified U.S. intelligence on Israel's military preparations for a strike on Iran leaked in a "deadly serious breach," which the administration is investigating. While the leaker has not been publicly identified, the situation has raised concerns about a host of Biden-Harris administration officials, including Tabatabai, who want to increase diplomacy with Iran at the cost of the historically close U.S. alliance with Israel.

News of Tabatabai's affiliation with the Iran Experts Initiative sparked multiple congressional investigations, with Republicans raising concerns about Tabatabai’s ability to obtain a top-secret security clearance. The Pentagon and State Department, where Tabatabai formerly worked, have vocally defended her, saying there was nothing in her background that would have disqualified her from accessing classified information.

[andronetalks]

The Curious Case Of Ariane Tabatabai

Zero Hedge BY TYLER DURDENWEDNESDAY, OCT 30, 2024 – 12:25 PM Authored by Jay Solomon via The FP.com, A senior Pentagon official faced scrutiny when her past ties to Iran came to light. Is that why she’s been transferred? Read more…

[sutrala]

Pentagon senior staffer Ariane Tabatabai named as source of leak detailing Israel’s plans to STRIKE IRAN http://dlvr.it/TFr5Mm

[darkmaga-returns]

This first story has been out for a few days. File under “Our Democracy”. This election was decided by Moldovans living “abroad”—which provided ample opportunity for the pro-EU forces to put democray into practice:

Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen

The election results in Moldova reveal why EU integration will be a disaster for the country:

50.16% are in favor of EU membership and 49.84% are against, with pro-EU votes from abroad pushing Moldova barely over the 50% limit

In the autonomous region of Gagauzia, 95% voted against EU integration. Forcing this region into the EU will destabilise Moldova and fuel secessionist sentiments

Bloc politics is destructive to deeply divided societies, and will undermine democracy as Sandu uses authoritarian means to push the country towards the EU

This could repeat the Ukrainian scenario, where the pro-Russians in Eastern Ukraine were being forced into an anti-Russian bloc

6:50 AM · Oct 21, 2024

Moon of Alabama had very thorough coverage a few days ago—excerpt:

"Democracy" in Moldova

In 1990 Moldovia had 4.5 million inhabitants. This is down to 2.5. to 3 million today, of which nearly a million are living abroad.

Abroad is also where a real vote on a referendum would be decided. And abroad is where the manipulation of yesterday's vote took place.

…

Former British ambassador Craig Murray watched the vote:

Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg - 14:39 UTC · Oct 21, 2024

Moldova's rigged EU referendum "voted in favour" of joining the EU by 50.4% to 49.6%.

No led until the last minute when 180,000 votes from Moldovans living in the EU were added in at a claimed 90% Yes.

While allegedly only 5% of the 300,000 Moldovans living in Russia voted!

Why didn't more of those Moldovans who are living in Russia go to vote? The Russian Ambassador in Vienna explains:

Mikhail Ulyanov @Amb_Ulyanov - 14:00 UTC · Oct 21, 2024

Moldovan authorities opened only two polling stations in Moscow for 400,000 Moldovan citizens living in Russia (instead of 17 in the past). And someone calls the current Moldovan authorities “democratic”? Gross manipulation of elections and referendum on #EU membership.

Apparently the hot rumor was that an Iranian American at the Pentagon was the prime suspect in the leak case. The Pentagon has denied that:

Rashid Khan INC @RashidKhan1515

The statement from the Pentagon, as reflected in various reports, confirms that Ariane Tabatabai is not a subject of interest in the FBI's investigation into the leak of classified documents related to Israel's potential military actions against Iran. This clarification directly addresses and refutes claims by Sky News Arabia which suggested Tabatabai was under investigation for the leak

9:28 PM · Oct 22, 2024

From the JPost:

"The Pentagon denied that Ariane Tabatabai, Chief of Staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Ops, is a subject of interest in the investigation for the alleged leak of classified documents pertaining to Israel's plans for a retaliatory attack against Iran."

Who would have had an interest in fingering a supposed “Iranian agent”? Then again, who would have had an interest in claiming Iran is plotting to assassinate Trump? Funny how these rumors of Iranian aggression, sabotage, and terrorism against the US keep popping up. And speaking of Trump …

[eretzyisrael]

by David Israel

A Pentagon official told Sky News in Arabic that the investigation being conducted by intelligence agencies in Washington into the leaking to Tehran documents of the IDF plan to strike Iran has begun to indicate “suspicion” of the involvement of a senior employee in the Pentagon.

The American official added that the employee suspected of leaking the documents is an American of Iranian origin named Ariane Tabatabai.

Ariane Tabatabai is an Iranian-American scholar of political science, writer, and senior policy advisor to the United States Department of Defense. After the Biden administration took office in January 2021, she joined the US negotiating team in nuclear negotiations with Iran. Between 2021 and 2022, she served as an advisor to Robert Malley, the chief promoter of pushing a deal with Iran at any cost.

Members of the US Congress, especially Republicans, have pointed out that Robert Malley was investigated after being suspected of having dealt with classified information without prior permission and of having secret contacts with Iranian figures.

Tablet Magazine accused Tabatabai of being an Iranian agent (High-Level Iranian Spy Ring Busted in Washington).

While awaiting the results of the official investigation, the official explained that the intelligence and armed services committees in Congress had been informed of this matter, especially since the suspect had a “top secret clearance that gives her the right to view highly classified information.”

[mc-posts]

Pentagon denies employee of Iranian origin leaked Israel's strike intel.

Pentagon denies employee of Iranian origin leaked Israel’s strike intel. We have other sources who are claiming that Ariane Tabatabai, Chief of Staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, is the leaker. Sky News Arabia cited a senior Pentagon official who reportedly named Tabatabai as the main suspect in the FBI’s investigation into the leaks. Republicans have tried to get…

[buttercupkg66]

A Pentagon official accused Ariane Tabatabai, an assistant to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, of leaking top-secret documents to Iran.

Ariane Tabatabai is an Iranian-American scholar of political science, writer, and senior policy advisor to the United States Department of Defense.

[icubud]

Arian Tabatabai, Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations was exposed as an Iranian agent two months ago. Not only was she not fired, her security clearance was not compromised. And recently, she completed a naval intelligence officer course and now she also receives information about the precise navigation of US submarines.

“The Navy has been actively training her to be an intelligence officer and giving her access to, not just what she has in her civilian job, but access to all the need-to-know information that a reserve unit has,” says the officer.

“This naval reserve [role] gives her more clearance and access. Everyone she has contact with in the Navy intelligence realm is now potentially outed.”

A report handed to Congress and the White House this month claims Tabatabai and other members of the Tehran-backed influence network, the Iran Experts Initiative, have infiltrated the US government to spread disinformation about the Iranian regime’s intentions and to undermine the leading anti-Iranian dissident group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq(MEK).

[ucanbeasurvivor]

Resource Kash Patel so far I trust this resource Kash Patel highlights the unbelievable connections between three senior Biden intelligence officials—Robert Malley, Ariane Tabatabai, and Maher Bitar—and their associations with Hamas and Iran.

On June 29, 2023, Robert Malley was placed on unpaid leave from his role as Joe Biden's special envoy to Iran, and his security clearance was suspended due to an ongoing investigation into the potential mishandling of classified materials. https://t.me/mel_gibsonchannel/2914